Waking Up Me!

Yoga is about mind, body and spirit, but it is also about breathing. When I woke today, I needed to remember to keep breathing. I saw a post from my sweet Carolyn reminding us to get to our mats today and it was all I needed to push me forward. To remember that my breath and focus on it will allow me to breathe in the good air and push out the bad. In with the good. Out with the bad. As I finished my sun salutations, I sank into corpse pose to pray, and then returned to a seated position to focus on my breathing. Keep breathing, Heather. That's what I keep reminding myself as the waves of pain and loss have crept in over and over again these last few days. As I suck air and sob and the hot, wetness of tears pour down my face tickling my neck and finally resting on my chest I just remind myself to breathe. Just breathe. Keep breathing. I think about all the songs that call out how important it is to breathe, just breathe...keep breathing: Just Breathe, by Anna Nalick; Breathe , b...